South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture

Amy graduated with a BA (Hons) in Contemporary Fine Art from the City of Glasgow College 2024. The skills she gained in composition, colour, and materials continue to shape the way creates each piece.

Amy has built a diverse portfolio that includes portraits, pets, wildlife, landscapes, seascapes, still life’s, murals, and other subjects.

She works in a range of mediums, including acrylic, watercolour, charcoal, pastel, pencil, and ink, selecting the one best suited to the subject and style.

Much of Amy’s work is commissioned. She loves working with clients to bring their ideas to life as finished artwork.

Whether a portrait, a pet, a favourite place, or a subject chosen to mark a special occasion, Amy approaches every piece thoughtfully. Amy’s aim is to create artwork that combines technical skill and sensitivity, resulting in original pieces that hold meaning.

Cost: Free admission

 

Come along to our Sip and Glaze Night where you can glaze, paint and design your own pre-cast pottery item, ideal for display at home or the perfect personalised gift.

Chill out from the world and catch up and giggle with friends as you create a masterpiece under the guidance of our expert Tutor.

Age 18+

Includes a glass of prosecco and one piece of pottery.

Available to book online or by calling East Kilbride Arts Centre on 01355 261000.

Cost: £30.00

By Lori Delaney.

A Waiting Game is a verbatim play that foregrounds overlooked experiences of breast cancer beyond dominant “pink ribbon” narratives. Using an intersectional lens, it centres marginalised voices and personal testimonies often absent from mainstream discourse. The play explores cultural disparities through a South Asian perspective, LGBTQ+ identities, infertility, mental health, and addiction, as well as the impacts of medication. It also addresses cancer during COVID-19, male experiences of a feminised illness, relationship breakdown, financial hardship, and ageing.

Performed by professional actors alongside participants with lived experience gathered over a four-year research project, the work powerfully reflects the complexity of living with cancer.

Available to book online or by calling East Kilbride Arts Centre on 01355 261000.

Cost: £10.00 (subject to £1.50 transaction fee)

 

The JSD Band emerged in the late 1960s as innovative pioneers who helped reshape Scottish traditional music. Initially forming in Rutherglen as a trio in 1969, they quickly expanded their line-up and their musical horizons, bringing together diverse influences from Scottish tradition to contemporary folk-rock. Their breakthrough came in 1970 when they won the Scottish Folk Group Championship, earning £500 and a recording contract with Regal Zonophone. Their debut album, “Country of the Blind”, opened numerous doors for the band and established their distinctive sound, which drew inspiration from an eclectic range of sources including The Dubliners, Pentangle, Fairport Convention, and The Chieftains.

From there they were invited to London to play the legendary Marquee Club. John Peel was in the audience and subsequently became one of there biggest supporters, even writing the sleeve notes for their second and third albums. Another major celebrity contributor was David Bowie, who invited the band to join him on his Ziggy Stardust tour in 1972 where the band gained a wider following and enjoyed a fruitful period playing the vibrant University circuit across the UK. About this time the band also played across Europe, performing in France, Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands.

In 1973 they toured in the USA, playing New York, Washington, Boston, Cleveland, Providence Road Island and Colorado. The band’s core line-up featured Jim Divers, Seàn O’Rourke, Des Coffield, and Colin Finn, with Chuck Fleming and Lindsay Scott taking turns as the band’s fiddler at different points. Each member brought their own musical influences and expertise, creating a rich blend of traditional and contemporary sounds. Their music demonstrated that Scottish traditional songs could be successfully married with modern instruments and arrangements while maintaining their essential character.

Throughout their active years, the JSD Band performed extensively, helping to popularise traditional music among younger audiences who might not have otherwise encountered it. Their final album, “Pastures of Plenty”, recorded in 1998 with the addition of Rob Mairs, showed their enduring commitment to musical innovation. The band’s legacy lives on in their recordings and in the paths they helped forge for future generations of Scottish musicians. Sadly, the band has recently lost two members – Des Coffield in 2023 and Lindsay Scott (grandson of traditional Border singer Willie Scott) in early 2024.

The band are delighted to come back together again with the help of two new members, Nicola Coffield (the daughter of Des Coffield) and the fine guitarist and vocalist Kenny Robertson to celebrate Rutherglen 900 with a concert in the Town Hall.

The band will appear along with support from Raging Twilight.

Available to book online or by calling Rutherglen Town Hall on 0141 613 5700.

Cost: £20.00 (subject to £1.50 transaction fee)

 

Hosted by Gavin Paterson.

Join us for an afternoon of live music as our Open Stage invites anyone with a song or a tune to share to step into the spotlight. Hosted by the ever-popular radio presenter and performer Gavin Paterson, the session promises a warm welcome for performers of all styles and abilities.

Whether you’re an aspiring folk star or simply fancy giving us a tune, the stage is yours. A full P.A. system will be in place - just bring along your voice and instrument of choice (voice optional!).

To book a slot in advance, please contact the Town Hall on 0141 613 5700. Otherwise, feel free to turn up on the day and speak to Gavin.

Cost: Free admission